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China is expected to start construction on at least five nuclear reactors this year, underscoring the country’s commitment to atomic energy as a means to help control pollution and fuel growth. Combined, the projects represent more than 5 gigawatts of capacity, Shen Lixin, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Nuclear …
Farmers of Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district of Haryana, whose land was acquired for setting up country's largest 2,800 MW nuclear power plant, are now claiming that the state failed to keep the promises made while taking their consent for acquiring the property. The villagers have now submitted a complaint …
Rubbishing the opposition to amendments to land acquisition law by way of an ordinance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said it would ensure higher compensation for farmers. In an article posted on the BJP website and several social media platforms, Mr. Jaitley said the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 had …
The BJP in Haryana as well as its Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar seem to have shifted their stand on the upcoming nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad after the party came to power in the state. The BJP, including Khattar, were against the project and had even supported …
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi Government approved the ordinance making significant changes in the Land Acquisition Act 2013. This included removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas of industrial corridors, PPP projects, rural infrastructure, affordable housing and defence. The Act came into effect …
Energy supplier joins growing number of firms and organisations seeking to block planned subsidy scheme for new nuclear plant Independent energy supplier Ecotricity is among companies and organisations considering a legal challenge against the European commission decision to give approval to Hinkley Point C nuclear plant. Austria has already promised …
With both the INLD and the HJC promising to abandon or shift the controversial Gorakhpur nuclear plant if voted to power, detractors of the project are now looking for a commitment on the issue. Residents of villages around the proposed site will meet Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is coming …
The state wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi revert the decision of environmental clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra on the same grounds that he reverted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for the Mithivirdi nuclear power project …
The EU approval of the Hinkley nuclear reactor in Somerset has been roundly condemned by senior figures in the renewable energy industry, who called the decision a "world record sell-out" and a "shocking decision". The plant, to be built and operated by EDF, could generate 7% of the UK's electricity, …
Voters in a South Korean city have rejected plans to build a nuclear power plant in a referendum the government says has no legal effect. Thursday's vote in Samcheok, on South Korea's east coast, went as expected following this year's election of a mayor who wants the government to scrap …
The European commission on Wednesday gave Britain the green light for a huge government subsidy that will open the way for the first atomic power stations to be built for nearly 20 years. The ruling was welcomed by ministers and the nuclear industry but Austria threatened legal action against it, …
Asks NPCIL to submit revised report with specific data on radioactivity, land acquisition The already delayed 6,000 Mw nuclear power plant at Mithivirdi in Gujarat is likely get delayed further as (EAC) expert appraisal committee (nuclear) of the union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has asked the Nuclear Power …
HIRONO, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Almost a year after Japan pledged to double hazard pay at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, workers are still in the dark about how much extra they are getting paid — if anything — for cleaning up the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Under …
Sweden’s Green Party has joined the government for the first time in its 33-year history and now wants to use that power to shutter the country’s aging nuclear reactors in the face of opposition from a majority of lawmakers. By imposing stricter safety rules, higher taxes and by terminating state-owned …
Austria will take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) if it approves Britain's plans for a 16 billion-pound nuclear power plant, a spokesman for the chancellor said on Sunday. The deal to pay a guaranteed price for the power produced in the plant faces opposition from …
Srikakulam: Left parties and its affiliated unions are opposed to the government order number 53, which was issued recently, for utilisation of water from Nagavali River to the proposed nuclear power plant at Kovvada in Ranastalam mandal. According to GO No. 53, the government allowed for diversion of more than …
Environment Minister has now to decide on go-ahead for the plan prepared in consultation with BNHS and state forests and wildlife dept Biodiversity conservation plan for the Jaitapur nuclear power project in poll-bound Maharashtra has got the approval of a high-powered panel of the Environment Ministry. The decision was taken …
Some 16,000 people rallied Tuesday in Tokyo against the government’s plan to restart nuclear reactors, more than three years after the Fukushima disaster, Jiji Press said. It was one of the largest anti-nuclear demonstrations since the nuclear watchdog on September 10 approved plans to restart two reactors at the Sendai …
British plans for a nuclear renaissance centred on a nuclear reactor in Somerset achieved a breakthrough when a nine-month European Union state aid investigation ended with a call for Brussels to approve the project. The EU’s competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, had expressed scepticism that the Hinkley Point C scheme could …
